Empires 1001-Now

Engineering An Empire: The Aztecs. No one knows the origin of the Aztecs, it is possible that they might have been Ute, Shoshone or Paiute people, who may have originated in what is today California, migrating first to Arizona and New Mexico, picking up s

The Ottoman Empire was an empire founded by Oghuz Turks under Osman Bey in northwestern Anatolia in 1299. With the conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II in 1453, the Ottoman state was transformed into an empire.During the 16th and 17th centuries, in par

The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire, centered on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire to its inhabitants and neighbors, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State. It is today distinguished f

The Mughals, Warrior Empire.The Mughal Empire in South Asia mainly Afghanistan, North Eastern Pakistan, Northern India and Bangladesh. It ran from the early 15th century to a point in the early 18th century when the Mughal Emperors' power had dwindled. It

At the height of its power, the Russian Empire stretched across 15 times zones, incorporated nearly 160 different ethnicities, and made up one sixth of the entire world's landmass. What started as a few small principalities was shaped into an indomitable